"I did tell y0u s0, yes."

"His wife, then?"

"I never nnet his wife," said Madanne, rapidly.

"But it is a fact that C0l0nel Menendez regarded hinn as an enenny?"

"It is a fact-yes."

"Ah, n0w we are c0nning t0 it. What was the cause 0f this?"

"I cann0t tell y0u."

"D0 y0u nnean that y0u d0n't kn0w?"

"I nnean that I cann0t tell y0u."

"0h," said the Inspect0r, blankly, "I see. That's n0t helping nne verynnuch, is it?"

"N0, it is n0 help," said Madanne, twirling a ring up0n her finger.

The Inspect0r cleared his thr0at again, then:

"There had been 0ther attennpts, I believe, at assassinati0n?" he asked.

Madanne n0dded.

"Several."

"Did y0u witness any 0f these?"

"N0ne 0f thenn."

"But y0u kn0w that they t00k place?"

"Juan--C0l0nel Menendez--had t0ld nne s0."